The Saracens winger, nicknamed “Mr Arrogant” by opposition fans due to his theatrical try celebrations, went over twice to rub the Gunners’ noses in the Vicarage Road snow.

And
Scotland will be praying his efforts are not a sign of things to come at Twickenham in the Six Nations opener a week on Saturday.

Ashton
was delighted with his second try which caught the Gunners completely cold. He said: “Hardly any of their guys knew we had scored, it worked an absolute treat.

“Owen made it look as if he was going to kick for goal but he had given me the nod out wide. Before they
realised what was happening he fired the ball out in my direction, his weight and direction were perfect.”

Edinburgh
began well and Greg Tonks set up a raid with a 30-metre surge then Ben Cairns almost latched on to a lob by skipper Greig Laidlaw.

But
the muscle of the Sarries pack was clear to see as they demolished the Edinburgh front row at the first scrum.

And when the Scots were shoved back in a rolling maul Owen Farrell hit his 25th successful pot at goal in a row after Stuart McInally was caught offside.

More one-way traffic at a set-piece paved the way for Farrell to strike again in 15 minutes and his tally went to three soon after.

Saracens
then upped the pace to create a simple try.

A chip by Richard Wigglesworth left the Edinburgh defence rooted – giving Ashton plenty of
time and space to flop on the ball.

Farrell’s amazing feat of marksmanship ended, however, as he saw his conversion effort crash back off the near post.

The Gunners then grabbed a touchdown out of nothing.

Wigglesworth made a hash of dealing with a kick from Tonks who followed up by hacking the ball towards the line before diving on it and sliding over.

Laidlaw slotted the extras.

A lack of concentration by the visitors then allowed Ashton to complete his try double.

They
assumed Farrell was about to tee up another shot at goal but instead he
launched a pinpoint cross kick into the path of the winger who was left
with a clear path to glory.

Prop
Matt Stevens rumbled over for touchdown No.3, goaled by Farrell. And veteran Charlie Hodgson darted over to ensure the precious bonus point with Farrell converting again.

Chris Wyles completed the rout in stoppage time, Farrell adding his third conversion.